Within the frame of European directive 2002/49 for Strategic Noise Mapping and the relevant environmental Noise Action Plans, which included preparation for the management of environmental noise and the rehabilitation of the sound environment, G[...]

The present project explores in 6 sustainable neighbourhoods in Europe (Germany, Spain, France and Sweden) the sound qualities of intermediate spaces located on the facades of building like balconies, loggias, terraces and corridors. A cross ana[...]

Plan de l'article :
First : Integrating cultural Know-how
Second : Playing attention to the background
Third : Producing all sorts of effects
Fourth : Composing with the elements
Fifth : Designing in accordance with the weather

In the frame on the European directive 2002/49 for the study of the environmental noise, Greece, between 2012 and 2016, had the opportunity to develop a specific methodology in order to analyse the sound environments of several neighborhoods in[...]

A consortium of German research institutes and international partners is currently conducting research on future challenges for single-family homes from an interdisciplinary perspective. The project ‘Homes-uP? Single-Family Homes under Pressure?[...]

In our paper we focus on market-driven or owner-driv-en soft densiﬁcations of single-family home areas that are realised individually within the framework of the existing building planning and building law. The term ‘soft densiﬁcat[...]

Environmental Noise Mapping, as per the relevant 2002/49/EC Directive, is an obligation of all European Union (EU) member states. In the framework of this action in Greece and Cyprus within the Action Noise Plans assessment and evaluation, vario[...]

Interest in sensory atmospheres and architectural and urban ambiances has been growing for over 30 years. A key figure in this field is acclaimed German philosopher Gernot Böhme whose influential conception of what atmospheres are and how they f[...]

How ambiance is created in the frame of the architectural design process of public spaces? This paper shows that creating an ambiance is to design a dialectic relationship between the architectural elements that might constitute the back‐p[...]

This research focuses on linear parks and its definition in terms of ambience, as a specific morphological typology engendering connectivity on spatial, social, ambient and ecological scales. This paper aims to investigate the ambience potential[...]

The International Ambiances Network was launched in 2008 during the First International Congress 'Faire une ambiance - Creating an atmosphere'. The network was then coordinated - under the direction of Jean-Paul Thibaud - by a small team of rese[...]

In this paper, I propose to explore a new way of designing and experimenting with the city. How are we to conceptualize the changes in contemporary cities on the basis of their ambiances? What about the sensory and emotional production of urban [...]

The sound world is attracting increasing attention in the human and social sciences. The emerging field of sound studies illustrates the diversity of approaches in this respect. It is immediately clear, from a quick review of the topics addresse[...]

I would like to start with an expression: " sharing ambiances ". There are at least two meanings underlying such an expression. On the one hand, we can question whether it is possible to share ambiances and ask ourselves whether an ambiance can [...]

This paper presents an interdisciplinary method designed to study urban ambiances. The main goal of the commented city walks approach is to gain access to the in situ sensory experience of passers-by. The key is to acquire accounts of perception[...]

Largo da Carioca in downtown Rio de Janeiro on a hot November afternoon. A disconcerting experiment with one very simple instruction: cross this square blindfolded with the help of an attentive guide and, at the same time, describe one’s immedia[...]

Dew water is water vapour that passively condenses from air. Once properly collected, it can provide a useful supplementary water resource for plants and humans. Its production can be significantly improved by using specific materials and partic[...]

This is a book about European acoustic heritage. The authors and editors are proposing multiple ways to define, describe, conceptualise, document and represent acoustic heritage of various sound cultures in Europe. The writers are sharing knowle[...]

Despite the current evolution of several tools that help understanding, representing and constructing a better awareness of sound and more generally the sensory qualities of the built environment, the integration of sonic dimension in the ordina[...]

In this book, four international research teams investigate how residents are adpating to rapid and stressful changes in seven cities of the tropics and near-tropics and how they are remaking those cities in the process.
The challenge of affo[...]

Since 1999, the city of Bogota, capital of Colombia, has won nearly a dozen international awards for innovative urban planning, including the prestigious San Marco Golden Lion award, given at the 10th Venice Biennale. For a city once plagued by [...]